Above..Children from isolated mountain villages.Their staple was rye bread with liberal amountsof highly mineralized grass-fed butter.They did not use toothbrushes.

Above...Children from towns where refined foods were adopted.They used white flour and jam extensively.They used (or at least were introduced to) toothbrushes.The crowding in the bottom two pictures is not hereditary.NOT HEREDITARY.Their bodies were forming poorly because ofinferior nutrition. It goes way beyond cavities!Bad food = poorly built bodies.Do you see the connection yet?

back fermented dairy (yogurt, kefir) and eggs...(usually raw in smoothies)and all is well. No mucus from the fermented dairy, no sluggish feelings.No pimples either. All the anti-dairy people need to learn aboutraw, grass-fed milk before they generalize.

One of the big arguments I hear about the use of animal productsis the environmental impact...this REALLY needs to be clarified.

First, we are used to all animal products coming from factory farms.These animals are fed grains, which are completely unnatural for them,since they are ruminants and supposed to graze grass. They are injectedwith antibiotics and hormones, and eat GMO foods and other foodssprayed with pesticides. Let me assure you that no one is washing theirfood for these poor souls before they eat it.

This way of raising food is hellish. I feel that those participatingin these operations are enslaved by greed and have lost a decentpart of their humanity. The complete lack of respect for life crushes me.

I would never give my money to these people, and woulddo whatever is in my power to convince others to do likewise.

I get my products from biodynamic farmers and those whotreat their animals with respect. The animals eat vegetable scraps,grass, and bugs. Steve Storch feeds the stalks of brussel sprouts to hisScottish Highlander cows and they absolutely love it.

These animals are playing a positive role in the ecosystem.Their manure goes into compost, which nourishes the soil.Whereas in factory farms, where it will usually seep into riversand the aquifers below.

These grass fed animals are processing excess biomass, turning itinto useable materials. What is wrong with that? We simplycan't generalize...there is a huge difference in these two methods,both in environmental impact and nutrition.PLEASE...learn about the omega 3 and 6 ratios in grass fedcompared to grain fed animals...this is HUGE.

When people simply say that animal products are detrimental,well...what KIND of animal products?I will bet that all the animal products eaten inTHE CHINA STUDY was from animals eatingcheap grains. No doubt. Does T. Colin Campbell mention this?We have to be big kids and read between the lines here.Dr Nick Gonzalez has said that a cow raised on grain and acow raised on grass shouldnt even be considered the same species.The chemical makeup of their whole system is completely different.What does 99% of the western world eat when it comes to animal products?GRAIN FED.

That topic aside...how "green" is it to drink coconut milk here in the US?That is a staple of many ethical vegans who claim they are consciousabout these things, yet there is a total disconnect. Dipped in fungicide,shipped about twelve thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean,and usually grown under oppressive conditions.I've been to Thailand, and they are not being paid well, trust me.

Even more obvious is the packaged coconut water. There, we are addingin all the energy used to get that coconut water into a packageand THEN ship it, so it can eventually end up in the garbage.I mean...come on.

thai coconut blended with durian (both thai), and spirulina (from india),and I added in some raw cacao (from Peru) and almonds (from Spain).What is the ecological impact of this meal? Yikes!

Dont get me wrong, I have definitely drank my share,but I am done claiming the green virtues of the vegan diet.Locavorism and supporting natural farmers is FAR morecrucial than simply eating tropical fruits and superfoods fromall over the planet. I am dumbfounded how that slipped pastthe radar of so many ethical (green) vegans.

*Sidenote*I want to support organic farmers across the world.Farmers in Peru growing sustainable cacao should havepeople to sell their products to. We just have to be consciousabout all the shipping going on. Support who you feel is worth it.However, I bought these product in the countries where they were produced,and they are far cheaper. Middlemen are making a lot of $$$.

Cows, goats, and chickens are not bad for the planet.They have done far less damage than us humans.They are simply USED by humans in bad situations,and we can easily forget that they can provide so many positive things.

Here is a letter from a reader that I just received.I would highly suggest reading the books she mentions.

Hi Anthony,I've just been reading your blog for the first time in a year or so and am so happy to have read this. I was watching your YT vids early last year when I started my nutrition journey, but soon found the work of Weston A Price and realized this was a better path for me. I really do truly believe that an omnivorous diet with a balance of wild foods and biodynamic/grassfed/lowtech domesticated foods is the way too go. You are on a good path and I commend you since I have noticed some vegans are so hugely resistant to new ideas.

Some good sources you might be able to slowly go through at your own pace, "The Vegetarian Myth" by Lierre Keith (so much more than a nutrition book, a complete manifesto on civilisation, agriculture, the nature of life etc... this blows my brain), "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Weston Price, "Nourishing Traditions" by Sallon Fallon, "Cure Tooth Decay" and "Healing Our Children" by Ramiel Nagel, "Wild Fermentation" by Sandor Ellix Katz.... Derrick Jensen, Joel Salatin, Paul Chek.

You are right with the observation that a vegan diet often does not make for healthy bubs. The development of the bone structure, especially of the head, is compromised. I empathize with vegans and vegetarians, but I think there comes a point when we have to quietly accept that human beings are not living in tree tops in the tropics. We've long since explored and wondered to the corners of the globe in all sorts of harsh conditions, our brains growing all the time.... able to fill so many different niches. If humans were meant to be vegans, how did Eskimos survive and thrive? Masai Africans? Aboriginal Australians? Siberian Reindeer Herders?

Living off goji berries, raw cacao, maca and 'superfoods' shipped all over the planet is not the height of human experience and not ecological.

Enjoy the learning process though. We're all on a journey with new things unfolding all the time. Don't rush yourself. Especially be wary that long term veganism can reduce your ability to manufacture Cholecystokinin, so eating animal foods can actually make you feel very sick as it will literally sit in your stomach. This might confirm in your mind animal foods are bad for you and repel you from trying again. It has to be a slow process to retrain your enzymes.

This has really inspired me. I always love to see people willing to change and grow and reconsider, especially when you've built up a community or identity around something- it really takes courage and spirit. All the best to you!

Take care from Australia,Collette

So what do you think? Im sorry if this is confusing to some of you.The rabbit hole DOES go deep.The most wonderful part of this is that we are conscious eaters.We just need to KEEP learning and expanding, and notbe haulted by vegan, and raw vegan booksellers and vendors.

Open your mind, read OTHER stuff besides raw,and then come to your own conclusion.

People say goats milk is the perfect food...for baby goats.Tell that to a 7ft Massai man that has been thriving off of thathis whole life. We need to explore more.

Look at your ancestral diet. We are all different.I am Swedish and Dark-Irish, so what is working for memight not work for you. We can't be pulled into the ideathat one style of eating is best for everyone.

Raw veganism cleaned me out and got me back to baseline again.I am so happy I went through what I did, now Im rebuilding.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Thanks to Courtney Pool for sharing this with me!Courtney just started P90x and is reconnecting with themeaning of SORENESS. Those first days are the worst.

Anyways, check out this video.Do what you want, but I will NEVER EVERget a needle put in me ever again if I can help it.Nor will I ever let my children get shot up withaluminum and other heavy metals.

We all need to wake up, especially since they aredoing it to us again. Ive heard that a flu scare is comingthis fall again, and vaccinations are going to be pushedupon as many people as possible. Best be prepared...

Join up if you already havent, its free (you can upgrade)and the information found in these interviews (lots of raw stuff)is worth thousands of dollars. I try to listen to one every otherday and its been very groudbreaking for me.

Steve is a Marine Biologist, but his true passion isthe soil and biodynamics. His interest was sparked afterreading "Secrets of the Soil" which also affected me greatly.

He developed the Thalassa Mix with a partner,and I can attest to the power that it has.My tomatoes and cucumbers have not one pest.The idea of spraying them down seems ludicrous.Of course, there is lots of biodiversity in my area whichkeeps "bad" pests in check, but my tomatoes and cukeshave the most wonderful flavor Ive yet to taste anywhere else,and its simply because of the thalassa mix (ocean minerals).

All of his produce goes here: The Greenthumb.Located right on Hwy 27 in Watermill NY.

He developed an automated vortex brewer,which is additionally powered by solar energy.

Old fashion wisdom meets new school tech.

Anyone who is a fan of Victor Schaubergerand Daniel Vitalis will know of the power of vortexing water.

Rudolf Steiner, the founder of biodynamic agriculture,called for vortexing the water 20 seconds in one direction,then 20 seconds in the opposite direction...(FOR ONE HOUR).

If you want serious arms of steel and have lots of sparetime on your hand (maybe listen to an audiobook while stirring?)then the manual method is for you. Steve's work frees up timeto work on other projects while the water is doing its thing.

Steve is also developing "Earth Towers" on his property.In his words:"The tower resonates to the frequency of the earth andhelps heal and restore the etheric earth energy sodisturbed by cell towers, HAARP devices and other military industrial activities."

Read "Secrets of the Soil" or google Earth Pipesor Earth Towers for more info.

He has at least 8 hives (that I saw) on his parcel,and puts little crystals in the corners of the landing pads.The bees were climbing all over them.Im going to do the same when I get back to MN.

He raises chickens, scottish highlander cattle,donkeys, a horse, and some goats. Lots going on here.

He says the donkey are one of the most personableanimals he knows...truly individuals.

He uses the manure from the animals along withbiomass on the property to make his biodynamic compost.He adds in the biodynamic preps to fully connect the soilto the atmospheric forces in the cosmos.

To many, it might sound too "far out".But we have to remember that we are not onlya member of this planet, but a member of this galaxyand universe as well. Its all one interconnected web.To think the cosmos has no effect on us is pretty hilarious.

Ive had biodynamic produce and dairy products,and I can tell you that cosmic forces or not,this food is amazing and tastes beyond what I thoughtwas capable. I had biodynamic apples in Germanylast fall, and never in my life have I had an apple like that.

Steve's lettuce was so strong and bitter...I felt as if I was eatingdandelion. There is truly power in biodynamics.

Biodynamic farming is definitely not veganic farming.There is a large role that animals play in biodynamics.Horns are used to make the compost, and even a stagbladder is used. Steve sources his animal productsfrom deer hunters, so its not like the animals are beingraised for these products. I was uncomfortable with this at first,but the animals are being raised for food anyways.That might be a lame excuse for vegans, but remember,the SOIL is not vegan. The soil wants meat and manureand all types of dead matter. Do what you feel is appropriate.

I purchased 3 buckets from Steve, and have alreadystarted seeing results...my inca berry bush and miraclefruit are better than ever.

Thanks Steve for showing us around and spreadingthe ideas that will heal this planet from the warfareof chemical and GMO agriculture.

Everyone...vote for THESE people by supporting their work.They and their methods will do far more than anygovernment endorsed program.

Genetically modified foods are not safe. The only reason they're in our food supply is because government bureaucrats with ties to industry supressed or manipulated scientific research and deprived consumers of the information they need to make informed choices about whether or not to eat genetically modified foods.

Now, the Obama Administration is putting two notorious biotech bullies in charge of food safety! Former Monsanto lobbyist Michael Taylor has been appointed as a senior advisor to the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner on food safety. And, rBGH-using dairy farmer and Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff, is rumored to be President Obama's choice for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety. Wolfe spearheaded anti-consumer legislation in Pennsylvania that would have taken away the rights of consumers to know whether their milk and dairy products were contaminated with Monsanto's (now Eli Lilly's) genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH).

Please use the form below to send a message to President Obama, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (oversees FDA) demanding Michael Taylor's resignation, and letting them know that you oppose Dennis Wolff's appointment.

About Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor is a lawyer who has spent the last few decades moving through the revolving door between the employ of GMO-seed giant Monsanto and the FDA and USDA. Taylor is widely credited with ushering Monsanto's recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply -- unlabeled. A Government Accounting Office (GAO) investigated whether Taylor had a conflict of interest and or had engaged in ethical misconduct in the approval of rBGH. The report's conclusion that there was no wrongdoing conflicted with the 30 pages of evidence that Vermont Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) described as proof that "the FDA allowed corporate influence to run rampant in its approval" of the drug.

Taylor is also responsible for the FDA's decision to treat genetically modified organisms as "substantially equivalent" to natural foods and therefore not require any safety studies. The "substantially equivalent" rule allowed the FDA to ignore evidence that genetically engineered foods, including soy, are in fact very different from natural foods and pose specific health risks.

In November 2008, Tom Philpott reported that Taylor was among President-Elect Obama's "team members" looking at energy and natural resources agencies, including USDA. In March 2009, President Obama announced the creation of a White House Food Safety Working Group to improve and coordinate the government's approach to the nationwide food safety crisis. Agri-Pulse reported that Taylor was "the leading candidate to staff the White House [food safety] working group." While anti-GMO activists, including the Organic Consumers Association, protested -- OCA members sent 13,435 letters to USDA Sec. Tom Vilsack, who co-chairs the Food Safety Working Group with HHS Sec. Sebelius -- Taylor laid low. He was nowhere to be found at the White House Food Safety Working Group's May 13th Listening Session. But, the rumor proved true. On July 7, 2009, the FDA announced that Taylor had joined the agency as senior adviser to the commissioner.

As Philpott describes in a July 8th article, Taylor's food safety agenda is to "shift much more of the burden for funding food-safety operations to the state and local level" and to promote HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) systems where the points in a process that pose the most risk are identified and “fixed” with remedies like ammonia washes and irradiation. Taylor's approach -- putting a few bandaids on an industrialized food system gone wrong -- is in direct conflict with organic practices and is likely to unduly burden small producers.

Taylor has long been hostile to real food safety. While working as a lobbyist, Taylor authored more than a dozen articles critical of the Delaney Clause, a 1958 federal law prohibiting the introduction of known carcinogens into processed foods, which had long been opposed by Monsanto and other chemical and pesticide companies. When Taylor rejoined the federal government, he continued advocating that Delaney should be overturned. This was finally done when President Clinton signed the so-called Food Quality Protection Act on the eve of the 1996 elections.

Dennis Wolff is the Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Pennsylvania. Wolff also is a dairy farmer and owns Pen-Col Farms, a 600-acre dairy cattle operation. Wolff has championed agribusiness interests as Pennsylvania's Secretary of Agriculture, including banning local dairies from marketing their products as free of Monsanto's rBGH. Wolff is a member of the Agriculture Technical Advisory Committee to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO has been largely credited with forcing so-called "free trade" on farmers and consumers around the globe, undermining national sovereignty and food safety. Finally, Wolff was a strong proponent of the "ACRE" initiative (Agriculture, Communities and Rural Environment), which gives the Pennsylvania state attorney general’s office the authority to sue municipalities over local farm ordinances deemed to exceed state law, depriving communities the right to ban toxic sewage sludge, factory farms, and GMOs.

Aside from having absolutely no experience in meat inspection, the chief food safety responsibility of the USDA, Dennis Wolff should be rejected for any post within the Obama Administration for the hostile position he has taken, as Pennsylvania's Agriculture Secretary, against consumers' right to know what is in our food. According to the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Wolff:

* Tried to ban all labeling of dairy products that didn't use genetically engineered growth hormone (rBGH or rBST). This was an outright violation of freedom of speech of the dairy processors and the farmers who supplied them.

* Said that consumers were "concerned or confused" about the labeling and said his department received "many calls" about it. Yet when a New York Times reporter asked him about this, Wolff couldn't provide any surveys showing consumers were confused and could not come up with the name of ONE CONSUMER who had complained.

* Held one meeting of the so-called Food Labeling Advisory Committee and said they recommended the labeling ban. Yet the committee never voted on anything and never made any recommendations specific to dairy. Moreover, the group most affected by the rules and most opposed to them, the PA Association of Milk Dealers, was never even invited to the meeting.

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Do we REALLY still think he is on our side?

(Dont till that soil Michelle! Lay down newspaper and add new soil on top?

And get some copper tools! You can afford it!)

Michelle can plant her garden for a great photo opp,

but the proof is in the appointments.

The federal government has consistently undermined

our food freedom by favoring corporate agribusiness.

It really doesnt matter who is in office...that is the biggest hoax of all.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Ive been really busy lately in the city,working almost everyday and with a fairamount of castings as well.I really give it 100% while Im in NY becauseI still have to pay off my property expensesand all the other bills that seem to pop up in life.

Hence...the lack of posts.

Its Sunday morning and Im working at noonso Ive got to get things rolling early today.

I firmly believe that Daniel has the ability to reachway more people in the mainstream than David Wolfe,and his teachings will not only alter and enhance yourfood and water habits, but you ENTIRE lifestyle as well.

It just goes so far beyond food, and many of us in theraw community can believe that raw food will prettymuch take care of everything...that its all we reallyhave to change. This class will change all of that foryou if you already havent considered it yourself.

If it wasn't for him, Id still be drinking dead bottled water.I was working in NJ this weekend, and ran out of myspring water so I had to drink Smart Water andDeer Park water from an office cooler. It made me feelso much thirstier..I couldnt believe it.As soon as I returned home at midnight last night,I chugged a quart of our springwater, and it was likenight and day...instantly the parched feeling went away.

Everytime I drink lame water for a few days, and thengo back to spring water, an amazing thing happens andIm sure others can attest to this too:I have to urinate like crazy for one day once I start drinkingthe structured water again, as if my body is flushingout all the old junk that I drank the few days before.

Everytime I come back from MN it happens,and its happening this morning too.

I was raw for almost 5 years before I made thatconnection, wasting hundreds and likely thousands (OUCH)of dollars on bottled water...Daniel Vitalis changed that for me.

Here is a great talk from him exactly about that - Water.

I honestly believe in his open-minded approachand his views on re-wilding and what human domesticationhas done to all of us, and I hope that you can somehowexpose yourself to more of his work.

I highly recommend the class, but if you arent willingto make that investment now, you can expose yourselfto his ideas through his interviews onOneRadioNetwork.com.

Its free to join up, and youll have access toso many good interviews about diet, gardening,global politics and the money system as well.

But if you are ready to step it up and take it to the nextlevel of not just diet but LIFE, this would be a great class.

One more video if you have time:

I know I might seem like a D Vitalis pusher sometimes,but I deeply feel that his message is pure and ifhis teachings are absorbed and executed in your life,you will never look at life and yourself the same way.

Maybe the tropical thing is so prevalent becausemost of us don't have the access like we would hope.

There are some jewels from the temperate regions though.Most notably...the peach.

I planted two peach trees last year and they bothdied over the winter. I think it would be a good greenhousetree if I had any space left (which I dont).

That was a bummer...losing those trees.But onto brighter times. Its peach season, so at leastwe can get them from the professionals who know whatthey are doing when it comes to growing primo peaches.

I like "leaners". The ones that are so damn juicythat you have to hunch over to keep them from gettingall over your clothes. When I am in MN, I get them at thegrocery store, wash them off in the bathroom afterchecking out, and proceed to eat two or three on the drive home.

Its a good thing I dress like hell when I'm there, becausethat peach juice is all over me by the time I pull intothe driveway. A great benefit of not having to care aboutappearance! Full peachy enjoyment!

Mango lovers say that eating them in the shower is a good idea.Peaches may just be the same, but peaches are pretty cleancompared to those ripe gushy mangoes.

(that bowl to the right is a kelp soup which I diluted and poured on my sq ft gardens)

Avocados blended with most fruits make a crazy-goodpudding, but peaches take it to the upper levels.

I add in a bit of sea salt to balance it out,and if one was inclined...a little raw honey.

Seriously...a super quick and satisfying treat.

One avocado per peach is the way I do it,but you may need to tweak it to your taste buds and fat needs.

We are so lucky to have the peach...enjoy the good ones whileyou can...because soon after its gone again.And peaches shipped from China and Chile just dont cut it.(Although China is where peaches are originally from)

Local is logical, both for taste and environment...get tuned in with the seasons and go with the flow.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

(the back half of the garden...just planted more buckwheatbecause the soil still needs more loosening)

Things are growing really well here right now.Some things...too well.

There is a point where a plant turns intoan ORGANISM that simply cannot be stopped.I have encountered a pumpkin vine that almostchoked out two persimmons, one fig, and had vines of 15 feetin 4 directions. I have never seen anything like it.

As the vines spread out, they would send outlittle rootlets that would probe the surface for moistureand nutrients. This thing was just way too healthy.

Cover crops are doing their thing too.

I wish I would have been smarter and did them right awaylast year. They add so many flowers and greenery to thelandscape. We have buckwheat everywhere and the beesare simply going crazy for the flowers.They are staying very close to home this season.

A very happy cacao tree. Growing quickly now that its humid.

The square foot garden area.Remember, this spot looked like this in mid may:

We can always re-green our living space.

This is a voracious cucumber vine trying toprobe its way outside the front door of the dome.I kid you not, the vine is at least 12 feet long.

Horse manure seems to do the trick!I layered that with chopped leaves last fall,and planted this cucumber in mid may.Two months later and it looks like that.

I'm also adding another layer of newspaper for the worms tofeed on. You should see the soil now...crumbly and fullof worm castings. The stuff smells sweet though...funniest thing.

Ill be adding more soil and planting some more cover cropswhen I get back again.

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